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whoya 05-02-2012 10:45 PM

Thanks for the history XT
I have a 89 23'5 Force. I think its the same as a Sport hull? Any history on these?

XT-Innovator 05-03-2012 12:33 PM


Originally Posted by whoya (Post 3678143)
Thanks for the history XT
I have a 89 23'5 Force. I think its the same as a Sport hull? Any history on these?

No Sport history.

The first 220 Force was streched to 25' for the 250 Force, then we did a real ugly tall deck on that same hull called the 250 AFT. Only built about 6 of them! The 235 Force was another stretched 220 hull and so was the 265 Force models with or without the fiberglass platforms. They were all based on the original 220 Force.

I also think B.A.H.A. copied one of these for the Mach but they will never admit that. I can just imagine it was!

XT

baja pete 05-03-2012 12:48 PM

I had heard once that the 33OL and the 342 were the same bottom, any truth to that?

mittens 05-03-2012 12:54 PM

Was about to ask, what OL is the same a the 342?

XT-Innovator 05-03-2012 08:08 PM


Originally Posted by baja pete (Post 3678571)
I had heard once that the 33OL and the 342 were the same bottom, any truth to that?

Yep, The old 320 Force hull was actually used to make the 33 Outlaw hull plug, but we added a rounded delta keel, reversed the chines a couple degrees, added a foot to the nose for looks, and then made the hull sides smooth (convex, not concave). The 342 is a 33ol hull with the molded swim added. We also made the 340 Sportfish by shortening the running surface of the 33ol hull about a foot then adding about two feet of the molded OB tub area.

XT

Yoda_Man 05-03-2012 11:12 PM

does a 322 share the same hull as a 320 force?

XT-Innovator 05-03-2012 11:23 PM


Originally Posted by XT-Innovator (Post 3678561)
No Sport history.

The first 220 Force was strechted to 25' for the 250 Force, then we did a real ugly tall deck on that same hull called the 250 AFT. Only built about 6 of them! The 235 Force was another stretched 220 hull and so was the 265 Force models with or without the fiberglass platforms. They were all based on the original 220 Force.
XT

Wait! I need to correct myself here. The 226 SPORT was also a version of the same 220 Force hull but we added a foot to the nose, made the hull sides smooth, and added the molded swim platform. In 1990 it was called a 226 ES and after that it was a Baja 240. I can't believe I forgot this model because I have owned a 89' 226 Sport, and a 92' Baja 240 myself.

The Force models I mentioned were all stretched at the transom and not at the nose area like the 226. In 1990 the 235 & 265 were called a DVX for "Deep V eXpress" but the Baja dealers hated that so in 1991 they were the Baja 235 and Baja 265 but they still had the same nose as a 220 Force.

XT

rfgonzo 05-03-2012 11:46 PM

Look at all the cats being let out of the bag!!! JK,

XT-Innovator 05-03-2012 11:49 PM


Originally Posted by Yoda_Man (Post 3679036)
does a 322 share the same hull as a 320 force?

Nope. The 322 is the same model as a 1990 300 ES, then from like 91' to the mid 90's it was called the Baja 320. After that it was called the Baja 322. The 1999 version had a new deck design with a glass windshield option but was short lived.

XT

Nightlife1970 05-04-2012 12:01 AM


Originally Posted by XT-Innovator (Post 3679052)
Nope. The 322 is the same model as a 1990 300 ES, then from like 91' to the mid 90's it was called the Baja 320. After that it was called the Baja 322. The 1999 version had a new deck design with a glass windshield option but was short lived.

XT

I thought the older 280 and the 300ES were the same hull?


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